Atheist extremism

We should be wary of extremism in anything, and currently there is a rise in what might be called atheist “extremism”. How is this defined, why is it happening, and should we be worried about it? Let’s see what we’re talking about.

Atheism is based on reason, so we are talking about people becoming extremely reasonable. Also becoming more vocal about their position. Previously they just used to stay quiet. Shouldn’t they just continue to stay quiet and let irrational people believe what they want? No. The reason atheist extremism has become justifiable is that in this day and age religious extremists (and the “moderates” who lend credence to their views) can potentially kill all of us at the touch of a button – and that is not only what many want to to do, but it is written into their faiths as an explicit instruction (viz. to kill infidels). Those muslims, in particular, who do not want to do it are not following their faith to the letter. Not many people seem to realise this.

So for this reason (and for many others, actually) “atheist extremism” is justifiable. We should continue to try to release people from dogma through reason and humanism, and if we can free just one person then that’s better – for all of us – than none at all.